Mumps is an acute communicable viral disease with a painful enlargement of the salivary glands, frequently invading other tissues like the testes, pancreas and the meninges.
Water Treatments
- Cold compress directly on the swollen salivary glands for 30 minutes, 3 times a day.
- Ice pack on the swollen glands for 30 minutes, 3 times a day. Apply the ice pack over the glands, just below the ears.
- Fever sponge bath for fever.
- Cold compress on the forehead for headache and fever.
- Complete bed rest, especially for male adults. Sterility is one of the complications of mumps in male adults.
Herbal Medications
- Makahiya leaves ( english: Sensitive plant)
- Crush leaves and make into paste. Apply directly on the swollen gland after the cold compress. Apply for 30 minutes, 3 times a day.
- Kantutay leaves ( english: Coronitas)
- Pound or chop the leaves. Apply directly as poultice on the swollen glands for 30 minutes, 3 times a day.
- Kamias fruits ( english: Ginger lily)
- Chop and mash fruits. Apply as poultice on the swollen glands for 30 minutes, 3 times a day.
- Gisol rhizomes ( Scientific name: Kaempferia galanga Linn)
- Chop the rhizomes. Apply directly as poultice on the swollen glands for 30 minutes, 3 times a day.
- Lagundi leaves for fever ( english: Five leaved Chaste tree)
- Follow instructions for fever.
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